Demijohn



(No Model.)

l. M. SGHBLLINGER..

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Patented May1'7,f1898.

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SP351GIZEICML'.I.IO`N forming part of Letters Patent N o. 604,089', dated May 17, 1898.

Application rita August 9,1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ISAAC M. SGHELLINGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Royersford, in the county of Montgomery part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of demijohns which are provided with a ratan or wicker-work protecting cover or case and handle; and its object is to provide improved means whereby the cover or case and handle are strengthened and rendered more durable.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis an elevation of a demijohn constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a bottom view.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates a glass demijohn provided with a ratan or wicker-work cover or case 2, of any ordinary or suitable construction, and provided with a twisted ratan handle 3.

On the bottom of the wicker-work is a ring 4, consisting of a piece of wire of non-corrosive metal bent into circular form and one end bent into a loop 5. The other end 6 of the wire is passed through this loop and extended upward through and between the strands of the wicker-work to near the handle, where it is formed into a loop 7, and then extended upward through the handle to the neck, when it is bent around the neck of the demijohn. Connected with the opposite side of said ring is an upwardly-extending wire which is also woven in with the wicker-work.

The handle consists of two or more ratan strands bent over at the center and passed through the loop 7 and then twisted around Serial No. 647,642. (No model.)

the Wire 6 and then around the neck of the demijohn.

From the above it will be seen that not only are the wicker-work case and the handle strengthened, butthe handle being passed through the loop the strain will come upon the latter, thus rendering the handle much more durable than when it is connected with the wicker-work. f

Having thus Afully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination with a demijohn, the wicker-work case and the wicker-work handle, of the metal ring at the bottom of said case,

theverticalwire formed integral therewithv and extending up'and interlaced with said handle and wound around the neck of the demijohn and the opposite vertical wire connected with said ring and interlaced with the wicker-work case, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the demijohn and the wicker-work case, of the ring at the bottom of said case having a loop at one end through which the other end is passed and extended upwardly, the handle, .the strands of which are twisted around said upwardlyextending wire and the upwardly-extended wire twisted around the neck, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the demijohn and the wicker-work case, of the ring at the bottom of said case, formed with a loop at one end through which the other end passes and is extended upwardly and formed with a loop intermediate its ends, the handle, the strands of which are passed through said loop and then twisted around the said wire and wound around the neck of the demijohn, and the upwardly-extending wire twisted around the neck, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC M. SCHELLINGER.

Witnesses:

TowNsEND YOUNG, H. L. SHoMo. 

